snap applications only show up in the applications menu after a restart

[Menno den Hollander]

(minor issue)

Steps to reproduce:
- Install a snap application, e.g: sudo snap install retroarch
- Open application menu and go to group where apllication is supposed to show up, e.g. games

What should happen:
- An entry to run the application should be shown

What happens instead:
- The entry isn't shown

Workaround:
- After installing the application it is shown in the file manager
- After restarting the system, the application shows up in the application menu

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
Package: lxqt-panel 0.13.0-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-10.11-generic 4.18.12
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-10-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: LXQt
Date: Fri Nov 2 23:31:15 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-10-26 (7 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 (20181017.2)
SourcePackage: lxqt-panel
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)]

Lubuntu as a project and LXQt as a project do not support snaps.

[Lyn Perrine (walterorlin)]

Have you tried restarting LXQt panel that should probably do the trick as a
better workaround.

On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 5:50 PM Simon Quigley <email address hidden> wrote:

> Lubuntu as a project and LXQt as a project do not support snaps.
>
> ** Package changed: lxqt-panel (Ubuntu) => snapd (Ubuntu)
>
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> You received this bug notification because you are a member of Lubuntu
> Packages Team, which is subscribed to lxqt-panel in Ubuntu.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1801423
>
> Title:
> snap applications only show up in the applications menu after a
> restart
>
> Status in snapd package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> (minor issue)
>
> Steps to reproduce:
> - Install a snap application, e.g: sudo snap install retroarch
> - Open application menu and go to group where apllication is supposed to
> show up, e.g. games
>
> What should happen:
> - An entry to run the application should be shown
>
> What happens instead:
> - The entry isn't shown
>
> Workaround:
> - After installing the application it is shown in the file manager
> - After restarting the system, the application shows up in the
> application menu
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
> Package: lxqt-panel 0.13.0-0ubuntu5
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-10.11-generic 4.18.12
> Uname: Linux 4.18.0-10-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13
> Architecture: amd64
> CurrentDesktop: LXQt
> Date: Fri Nov 2 23:31:15 2018
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-10-26 (7 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64
> (20181017.2)
> SourcePackage: lxqt-panel
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/+bug/1801423/+subscriptions
>

[Menno den Hollander (mennodenhollander)]

I haven't tried restarting the LXQt panel, but I suppose it would work.

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Snapd uses the standard way for this, i.e. it writes desktop files into XDG_DATA_DIRS. Maybe lxqt-panel is not monitoring all XDG_DATA_DIRS for changes ? Not sure what snapd can do about this.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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